BBDO website, do you like?

[Chatmaster]

I REALLY have to share this website with you guys, lets just say, I am still picking up my jaw from my desk. This isn't my website but it certainly deserves a mention.

http://www.networkbbdo.co.za/

I would like to know what you guys think of this master piece?

Oh yes, please do it with sound, for that added effectiveness...

[Dave A]

Display problems in IE9, I think.

[AndyD]

Well it doesn't run at all in Opera. In FF it worked find. It's certainly different, I didn't dislike it but I'm glad I'm running fast ADSL, I can imagine it would be painful on entry level packages. I like the way you can compose your own horror movie music if you're nifty with the old mouse

[Mark Atkinson]

Tried loading it in FF on my 384 line, after about 20-30 seconds it froze on 14% and wouldn't refresh the page at all. Flash websites are generally cool to look at but rather impractical.

[IanF]

I have just tried at work on chrome, got to noughts and crosses played one game and the game restarted. Then just closed the tab. One word fail!

[Chatmaster]

The main reason I mentioned this website is this. It is in many ways the best practical example of how a website SHOULD NOT be designed. Once you get into understanding the concept you realize that a lot of effort went into the design of it, but from all basic online design standards perspective this site fails. The reason I was shocked is that this is not a dingy toy company, why on earth would they sign off on such a site?

[Martinco]

Loads to 43% on IE 8 and then freezes. Yep, I hope they did not have to pay for it !

[AndyD]

......you realize that a lot of effort went into the design of it, but from all basic online design standards perspective this site fails.

The first thing I considered was the massive amount of work that would be involved and the complexity. I'm guessing the the cause of such a website is every advertising agencies need to be different.

[wynn]

Things I learned about setting up a website when I was a 'Warrior'
1. Set it up to load really fast, like a few seconds.
2. Put just enough facts with sufficient hooks to keep interest on your landing page, you have a maximum of 15 seconds or less to grab someones attention.

I clicked out of this site after 20 seconds which proves my point.

[Dave A]

It is in many ways the best practical example of how a website SHOULD NOT be designed.

Thank goodness for that! For a while there I thought you'd lost your marbles

[Chatmaster]

Thank goodness for that! For a while there I thought you'd lost your marbles

Lol, that was not the intention. I simply wanted unbiased input before I gave my opinion. Note my "Slap" smiley

[Dave A]

I realised I'd taken your excitement about the site the wrong way when I reread your OP...

and now that I know you're not connected to the site and I no longer feel the need to be politely critical -

It's cr*p.
At almost every level.

The only positive thing I have to say about it is the coder might have a future making a first person shooter game one day.

EDIT:
Now that I think about it - how the heck did you find that website in the first place?

[solweb]

SHITE

I REALLY have to share this website with you guys, lets just say, I am still picking up my jaw from my desk. This isn't my website but it certainly deserves a mention.

http://www.networkbbdo.co.za/

I would like to know what you guys think of this master piece?

Oh yes, please do it with sound, for that added effectiveness...

I have fast ADSL, Use the latest version of Firefox, it loaded fast enough but I forgot to plug in my Crystal Ball - I still have no clue what the site was about!.

[Justloadit]

Guys Guys Guys, you are missing the point here. This web site is for the arty people, and unless you are one of them, and I am not, you will find this site stunning, showing you the creativity behind the advert agency.

They are looking for clients with big bucks, who employ creative people to do their adverts, a simple no frills site will not attract them, as they want something that jumps out of the screen at you. I am impressed. My FF 4.01 on a 512K line worked perfectly.

P.S. The reason I have a bit of insight to the add agency, i that my younger daughter is interested in this line, so had to spend a day at one of the colleges who teach this subject, many of the adverts made no sense to me, but were getting fantastic reviews from the teachers and clients, once they started explaining what they were impressed about, I suddenly realised that they live in another world. After that day, I tend to look at adverts differently.

[AndyD]

The only positive thing I have to say about it is the coder might have a future making a first person shooter game one day.

*Tears*

In the advertising world, good and sh1t are points on a circle, if you go past sh1t and keep driving in the same direction eventually you get to good. It's just a longer but more meaningful journey than driving straight to good in the first place.